Smoker&#39;s appliance



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W. WALKERv SMOKER S APPLIANCE Filed sept. 14, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Inventor JQQM' y PatentedJan. 14, A1930 y UNITED .-sTATEs PATENT OFFICEWILLIAM WALKER, or SAWTELLE, CALIFQBNIA sMoxEns `A1 1 LInNcE'Application filed September1'4, 1927. Serial No. 219,445.

This inventionrelates to what is broadly friction fity or ascrew'threaded connection, referred to as a smokers appliance becausewhichever is preferable.

of the fact that it has reference, in one in.. The invention yl0comprises a mouth piece stance, to an improved smoking pipe, and 11 ofordinary form whichcarries an open 5 secondly to an improved cigaretteholder.A endedfsleeve, 12. The sleeve telescopes at 55 Genericallyspeaking, the` invention has `one end'on the mouth piece and at itsoppo- .referenc'e to an improved article which emsite end is telescopedlonto the-neck 9.-A It c bodies an appropriate mouth piece, a sleeveWill'be noticed that the sleeve thus forms an carried thereby andadapted to'function in internal compartmentl which accommoone instanceas a cigarette holder, and in -dates the improved filtering device.4This 60 another .instance 'as an attachment for an device is betterrepresented in Figure -2 ordinary pipe, together with an improvedwherein it willbe observed that it comprises saliva collectingdevice fordisposition Withan open endedcylinder 14 of appropriate in. the sleeve to intercept, purify, and filter materialwhich is internally screwthreaded 15 the smoke. at its opposite ends. Fitted into the outer 65The chief feature of construction is the or left hand end is a disc-likeplug 15 hav smoke purifying and moisture collecting de-A 'ing a centralsmoke intake port 16. Fitted vice which embodies: a container coupled`in the opposite-end is a screw cap .17" which through the medium ofanovel connection7 abuts the adjacent end ofthe mouth piece with themouth piece', the container being 11. This cap is formed with acentralopenf 70 constructed to accommodate filtering and abing `throughwhich theimproved coupling sorbent material.4 passes. This coupling isinthe form of a.

In the drawings zshort tube which has an enlarged threaded Figure 1 is aside view in section and ele-A portion 18 threaded into Jthecorrespondingly 2.5 vation of the improved pipe. threaded portion inthebore of the mouth 475 Figure 2is an enlarged fragmentary secpiee ll. Theright hand endvportion is retional view showing the details of thefilter; duced SOmeWhat as at 19,l the same being of ing device moreplainly, a diameter considerably less than the d1 ame Figures 3 and 4are cross .sections taken ter'of the boeon @he OPPOSlt@ @I ld 1S an onthe lines 3 n3 and 4 4 of Fiume Q enlarged head 20 which bears againstthe so Figure '5 is a detil View' Ofba ltering cap and serves to connectthe latter to the Screen. mouth piece. This cap is formed-with a Fgure6:is a. View Showingth-e iventin kerf 21 to. accommodate a screw driverVembodied as a ci arette holder wherein the which is illsed.' inassembling the trcture '"Jisame is constructged to Permit the filteringThe couplmg 1s of course-formed wlth a lone.,

.. fritudinal'passage 22 through which the lilect-ideati eehsmoe eeh ofeg f mout iece. ssociate wit t e capan Slfghtly .amer-ent embodlmentOfltermg mounte thereon if desired is a strainer or 40 Cleliliiue 8 isa'view like Figure 4(Ss'howingiascerglh 23' Dsggs'd fletvn 'the plilig'-115 90 an e screen ,1s e Aerm ma eria further improvement intheeigerette he1der` In this embodiment of uieinvntin the e .AttentionVis-rst intgted to Fhigurs 1 t0 filtering material comprises two Sponges24 4 inclusive.v In these gures t e 're erence, and 25 bearingagainstthe pluer and screen character 8 designates the bowl of asmoking' respectivelyY and spaced apartoto provide e5' pipevwhich isprovided atits bottom lwith a. space for granular absorbent material26.. l right1 angularly disposed attaching `neck 9 This may be, andpreferablyus sand. Thus, e upon which Ythe invention, nerally desigwe.have a cylindrlcal container for an abnatedat' 10, -is mounted.cideitally .the sorbent and -lterin material wherein the ,5 connectionmay be through themedium of a .same abuts the mout piece,A is located inthe sleeve 12 and'is connected to the mouth piece through the medium ofthe headed tubular coupling. The filtering device is preferably of alength less than the length of the aforesaid chamber 13 in Figure 1,thus providing a saliva collecting pocket here.

In Figure 6 I have shown a cigarette holder. In this instance thereference char- 4acter l1a designates the mouth piece and 12a thesleeve. The sleeve, which is made up of separable'telescopic sections,is constructed to accommodate the cigarette 27.

and therefore the same reference characters'- apply to correspondingparts. The form of the invention shown in Figure 7 is also very similarto the form presented in Figure2. However, attention is called to thefact that the container comprises a cup 29 which is closed at one endand open and screw thread- -ed rat its'opposite end, the 'opposite endreceives the screw cap" 30 which carries the filtering screen 31.' Closeto this screen is a. smoke intake port 32. -The cup is illed with asuitable absorbent 'and filtering material' 33. Otherwise theconstruction is-'the same.

In this arrangement, however, the container is of aA diameterconsiderably less than the. internal diameter of 'the sleeve 12. Thus,the.

incoming smoke encircles the filtering device or container and ndsltsway into the same through theJ restricted portion L32.

In Figure, 7 it will be noted that the reference character 34 designatesa portion of a pipe bowl which has its reduced neck telescopicallyfitted into'the end of the sleeve 12.

In this connection it is desired to pointout that the invention is adatable either to a pipe of a curved form, o a straight form,

or of some other conti ration, or to a cigarette holder, either o thesolid `type or of the slidable ejector type.

Referring further to Figureit will be observed that the referencecharacter 35 ,represents a sectional sleeve having a reduced endportion' 36 forming ,a guide `and bearing for the tubular cou ling 37carried by the mouth piece 38. ere the unifying and saliva collectingdevice is of th coupling 37. Also threadedon this stem- `and interposedbetween the coupling 37 and e form represented for example in Figure?and therethe cap 30 is a plug or bushing 40 which fits tight joint.

From the foregoin ldescription and drawings it will be seen t at' I haveevolved and produced a simple and inexpensive applilsnugl'y in thesleeve 35 to provide asmokeance, the principal feature of which is theflteringdevice which is so constructed as to purify and cool the smoke`Thus the smoker is assured of an enjoyable and appealing smoke of a morerecreationalnature 'than is provided through the ordinary cigaretteholder or pipe. The device is believed to be more sanitary than similar-devices and is regarded as thoroughly eiiicient in action.

Minor changes in the shape, rearrangement, and size, coming within thefield of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is As a newproduct of manufacture, a'filtering device comprising an vopen endedinternally screw threaded cylinder, a centrally apertured screw plugthreaded in one end of the cylinder, a screw cap at the opposite endl ofthe cylinder having anexternally screw threaded neck threaded into thelast named end of the cylinder, said screw. cap having a centralopening, and atubular headed coupling member provided with an externallys cr'ewthreaded shank portion at one end ofwhich is a notched head, saidshank portion passing through the opening in the screw cap with theheadlocated within the neck portion ofthe cap, and ltering means in thecylinder between the plug and cap andincluding a strainer associatedwith the

